SPOT Series Launch Date Launch Vehicle Launch Location
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SPOT Series
Launch Date Launch Vehicle Launch Location Orbital Altitude Orbital Inclination Speed SPOT-5 Satellite Sensor Specifications May 3, 2002 Ariane 4 Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guyana 822 kilometers 98. 7°, sun-synchronous 7. 4 Km/second (26, 640 Km/hour) Equator Crossing Time Orbit Time Revisit Time 10: 30 AM (descending node) 101. 4 minutes 2 -3 days, depending on latitude Swath Width 60 Km x 60 Km to 80 Km at nadir Metric Accuracy Digitization < 50 m horizontal position accuracy (CE 90%) 8 bits Pan: 2. 5 m from 2 x 5 m scenes Pan: 5 m (nadir) MS: 10 m (nadir) SWIR: 20 m (nadir) Pan: 480 -710 nm Green: 500 -590 nm Red: 610 -680 nm Near IR: 780 -890 nm SWIR: 1, 580 -1, 750 nm Resolution Image Bands
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SPOT-6 Satellite Sensor Specifications Launch Date September 9, 2012 Launch Vehicle PSLV Launch Location Satish Dhawan Space Center (India) Multispectral Imagery (4 bands) Blue (0. 455 µm – 0. 525 µm) Green (0. 530 µm – 0. 590 µm) Red (0. 625 µm – 0. 695 µm) Near-Infrared (0. 760 µm – 0. 890 µm) Resolution (GSD) Panchromatic - 1. 5 m Multispectral - 6. 0 m (B, G, R, NIR) Imaging Swath 60 Km at Nadir Automatic ortho image with location accuracy of 10 m CE 90 using Reference 3 D 120 Km x 120 Km bi-strip or 60 Km x 180 Km tri-strip mapping in a single pass and delivery of mosaic Stereo and tri-stereo acquisition of 60 Km x 60 Km scenes for production of DEM 6 tasking plans per day Several weather forecasts per day to optimize tasking Each tasking plan covers 24 hours Up to 750 scenes per day per satellite
SPOT-7 Satellite Sensor Specifications Launch Date June 30, 2014 Launch Vehicle PSLV Launch Location Satish Dhawan Space Center (India) Multispectral Imagery (4 bands) Blue (0. 455 µm – 0. 525 µm) Green (0. 530 µm – 0. 590 µm) Red (0. 625 µm – 0. 695 µm) Near-Infrared (0. 760 µm – 0. 890 µm) Resolution (GSD) Panchromatic - 1. 5 m Multispectral - 6. 0 m (B, G, R, NIR) Imaging Swath 60 Km at Nadir
SPOT 7 – Image - Kilimanjaro
